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GRAINING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does graining mean? 

GRAINING (noun)
  The noun GRAINING has 1 sense:

1. a texture like that of woodplay

  Familiarity information: GRAINING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRAINING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A texture like that of wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

graining; woodgraining

Hypernyms ("graining" is a kind of...):

grain (the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric)

Derivation:

grain (paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood)


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